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. >> we are adhering to our timetable and meeting our deficit targets. we will not change our policies or our targets. >> spain rejects imf's suggestions that it needs more time to stabilize its economy. some analysts say the delay in asking for aid is worrying markets. member the pressure to ask for a bailout is making the country suffered. nobody wants that. not germany, nor spain. that alone could put us closer to a bailout. >> the spanish government says it will consider applying for aid once it has explored all options and conditions. >> despite the bad economic news in europe, germany's traders were in an optimistic mood. we have this report from the frankfurt stock exchange. >> germany is getting prepared for economic weakness. in other places of the world, signs of recovery are coming up. better than expected economic data from the united states pushed stock prices of words here in frankfurt. also bit unexpected were quarterly earnings reports, the ones from walmart for example. shares of siemens made an exception, though. they were among the los
. >> we are adhering to our timetable and meeting our deficit targets. we will not change our policies or our targets. >> spain rejects imf's suggestions that it needs more time to stabilize its economy. some analysts say the delay in asking for aid is worrying markets. member the pressure to ask for a bailout is making the country suffered. nobody wants that. not germany, nor spain. that alone could put us closer to a bailout. >> the spanish government says it will consider...
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he proposes tax deductions in real-estate to reduce the deficits. what this means is, over time, $45 billion over the next decade. >> we are running short on time. the dough and paul debate. >> this is a deadly earnest. how they can justify raising taxes on the middle-class, who have been buried the last four years. how, in lord's name, can they justify raising their taxes? >> vice-president biden just today said that the middle-class over the last of we were years has been ". ." we agree. that means we need to stop digging by electing mitt romney the next president of the united states. >> what did you think, jonathan? >> you talk to a lot of folks in the romney campaign and they say joe biden is the gift that keeps on giving. you saw him pause when he said four years. i think he meant to say the last 10 years, and it came out wrong. this is fodder for the obama campaign. it will not change, i do not think, in a huge way, the course of events, but there is no question the obama campaign folks, every time biden is out there, they are nervous about w
he proposes tax deductions in real-estate to reduce the deficits. what this means is, over time, $45 billion over the next decade. >> we are running short on time. the dough and paul debate. >> this is a deadly earnest. how they can justify raising taxes on the middle-class, who have been buried the last four years. how, in lord's name, can they justify raising their taxes? >> vice-president biden just today said that the middle-class over the last of we were years has been...
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he held the deficit steady. how much debt has the president run up? >> $6 trillion. >> very good. $6 trillion. >> yes. and let me ask you this. what is... is that -- is that all bush's fault? >> no. what is the debt bush ran up? >> bush? okay. >> well, well... >> look. >> no. no. >> bush is gone. >> i'm not defending bush. >> bush is gone. this isn't a question of defending bush. >> sure sit. >> it's a question of putting our issues in context. contest isn't a proper. >> you're saying look. my guy ran up $6 trillion in debt. but what did bush do? come on. it's ridiculous. it doesn't matter what bush did. the job of the president now is to get the debt under control and you've got to -- . >> exactly. >> i can see why obama did badly in the debate. the altitude really is rough up here in come redistribution. do you believe it? >> do you? >> i asked first. >> i believe... >> i believe in social security. do you believe in social security. >> yes. >> so we're both socialists? >> no. no. >> social security isn't redistribution? >> no. it's not. >> you pay
he held the deficit steady. how much debt has the president run up? >> $6 trillion. >> very good. $6 trillion. >> yes. and let me ask you this. what is... is that -- is that all bush's fault? >> no. what is the debt bush ran up? >> bush? okay. >> well, well... >> look. >> no. no. >> bush is gone. >> i'm not defending bush. >> bush is gone. this isn't a question of defending bush. >> sure sit. >> it's a question of...
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where the hell did this deficit come from? you guys gave it to us. and you never show the policy. >> jennifer: yeah he came back from the molarky at the very start, there were a number times that it was just boom, boom. >> john: i wish i made mularkey my drinking game word -- >> jennifer: or friend. >> eliot: paul ryan didn't use the very -- especially as we were chatting a few moments ago when joe biden said you know i believe and mean what i say. well mr. vice president you just said this -- >> cenk: biden mentioned the 47% a couple of times. heated discussion continues after the break. and we'll have you'd spot movement, gather intelligence with minimal collateral damage. but rather than neutralizing enemies in their sleep you'd be targeting stocks to trade. well, that's what trade architect's heat maps do. they make you a trading assassin. trade architect. td ameritrade's empowering web-based trading platform. trade commission-free for 60 days, and we'll throw in up to $600 when you open an account. enttv
where the hell did this deficit come from? you guys gave it to us. and you never show the policy. >> jennifer: yeah he came back from the molarky at the very start, there were a number times that it was just boom, boom. >> john: i wish i made mularkey my drinking game word -- >> jennifer: or friend. >> eliot: paul ryan didn't use the very -- especially as we were chatting a few moments ago when joe biden said you know i believe and mean what i say. well mr. vice...
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where the hell did this deficit come from? you guys gave it to us. and you never show the policy. >> jennifer: yeah, he came back from the molarky at the very start, there were a number times that it was just boom, boom. >> john: i wish i made mularkey my drinking game word -- >> jennifer: or friend. >> eliot: paul ryan didn't use the very -- especially as we were chatting a few moments ago when joe biden said you know i believe and mean what i say. well mr. vice president you just said this -- >> cenk: biden mentioned the 47% a couple of times. heated discussion continues after the break. and we'll have david shuster in kentucky. and i'm curious how it is being spun after this. (vo) she gets the comedians laughing and the thinkers thinking. >>ok, so there's wiggle room in the ten commandments, that's what you're saying. (vo) she's joy behar. >>current will let me say anything. >> cenk: we're back on current's exciting dramatic coverage of the vice president debate. in that one was a lot of fun. and michael shure of course was in the "war room" in sa
where the hell did this deficit come from? you guys gave it to us. and you never show the policy. >> jennifer: yeah, he came back from the molarky at the very start, there were a number times that it was just boom, boom. >> john: i wish i made mularkey my drinking game word -- >> jennifer: or friend. >> eliot: paul ryan didn't use the very -- especially as we were chatting a few moments ago when joe biden said you know i believe and mean what i say. well mr. vice...
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get deficit and debt under control. make trade work for america to make more things in america and sell them overseas and champion small businesses. don't raise taxes on small businesses because they are the job creators. he talked about detroit. mitt romney's a car guy. they keep misquoting him. the mitt romney i know is a guy who i was talking to a family in massachusetts the other day, sheryl and mark nixson. their kids hit in a car crash, two of them parollized. mitt wanted to come over on christmas bringing his boys, his wife, and gifts. later on he said i know you're struggling, mark, don't worry about college. i'll pay for it. when mark told me the story because mitt doesn't tell the stories. when i was told the story, he said it was not the cash help, but that he gave his time and he has consistently. this is a map who gave 30% of the income to charity, more than the two of us combined. mitt romney's a good man and cares about 100% of americans in the country. with respect to that quote, i think the vice preside
get deficit and debt under control. make trade work for america to make more things in america and sell them overseas and champion small businesses. don't raise taxes on small businesses because they are the job creators. he talked about detroit. mitt romney's a car guy. they keep misquoting him. the mitt romney i know is a guy who i was talking to a family in massachusetts the other day, sheryl and mark nixson. their kids hit in a car crash, two of them parollized. mitt wanted to come over on...
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don't raise the deficit. don't raise taxes on the middle class. and don't lower the share of nblg that is born by the high income earners. he'll say this $5 trillion plan i suppose, it's been discredited by six other studies and even their own deputy campaign manager acknowledged it wasn't correct. >> well, let's talk about this 20%. you have refused and again, to offer specifics on how you would pay for that 20% across the board tax cut. do you actually have the specifics or are you still working on it and that's why you won't tell voters? >> different than this administration, we actually want to have big bipartisan agreements. you see, i understand -- >> do you have the specifics? do you have the math? you know what you're doing? >> [ inaudible ]. >> look at what ronald reagan and tip o'neill did, they worked together out of a framework to lower tax rates and broaden the base, and they worked together to fix that. what we're saying is, here's our framework. lower tax rates 20%. we raise about $1.2 trillion through income taxes. we forgo about $
don't raise the deficit. don't raise taxes on the middle class. and don't lower the share of nblg that is born by the high income earners. he'll say this $5 trillion plan i suppose, it's been discredited by six other studies and even their own deputy campaign manager acknowledged it wasn't correct. >> well, let's talk about this 20%. you have refused and again, to offer specifics on how you would pay for that 20% across the board tax cut. do you actually have the specifics or are you...
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>>guest: he is hailed as a deficit hawk but his own budget doesn't balance until 2040. the olson twins will be 54 by the time it is balanced. >> if you taking your money, who do you give it to? joe biden and president obama or ryan and romney? >>shepard: but don't you think people want specifics? >>guest: what they --. >>shepard: you are saying you will not mess with the deficit but you are not adding more tax money. if you don't add more money, how does it work? explain that. >>guest: those details are talked about. >> stimulating the economy, the president has not laid out his plan and they are saying, why doesn't governor romney lay out his plan. he has done it over and over and over again. >> he talked about cutting big bird. >> i would rather be on the side of momentum. >> if you are driving across the country and you say you will do it in 15 years can you not do that unless you speed. that is what mitt romney is saying. >>shepard: they both say they will fix this but neither has told us how. it stands to reason that the american people would go, you should tell us
>>guest: he is hailed as a deficit hawk but his own budget doesn't balance until 2040. the olson twins will be 54 by the time it is balanced. >> if you taking your money, who do you give it to? joe biden and president obama or ryan and romney? >>shepard: but don't you think people want specifics? >>guest: what they --. >>shepard: you are saying you will not mess with the deficit but you are not adding more tax money. if you don't add more money, how does it work?...
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his capacity rvealed, the deficit that he has with governor romney and his ability to articulate and to communicate his vision, his principles. >> is it to be overwhelming. >> i think it is the media cobbling of bama over four years as weakening his ability to debate. here was a guy who is so you stay sycophantic pre that i think he did so terribly because he is just not used to anyone challenging him in an effective way, and romney did that. abolish it had be able to handle that. lou: and trying to find a point at which in 2008 he was such a great debater because it does not come to me. what i witnesse for governor romney was a man who found his full voice, his full capacity, and absolutely dominated the evening. i did not -- i think, you know, to me it appeared that president obama was taking instruction. >> but it's not easy for the president to has inside information, all this intelligence at his disposal to fare so badly, and that same part of the reason i think he did is because these is a man has been spoiled by public genuflection. spoiled by the ft that he is up by questions
his capacity rvealed, the deficit that he has with governor romney and his ability to articulate and to communicate his vision, his principles. >> is it to be overwhelming. >> i think it is the media cobbling of bama over four years as weakening his ability to debate. here was a guy who is so you stay sycophantic pre that i think he did so terribly because he is just not used to anyone challenging him in an effective way, and romney did that. abolish it had be able to handle that....
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. >> in order to reduce the deficit, there has to be revenue in addition to cuts. >>> there has to be revenue addition to cuts. >> and this is ruled out. >> absolutely. >> there is revenue i get is by more people working and paying higher taxes. idea of taxing people more, putting more people out of work, you'll never get there or balance the budget. and that is my next guest and the left tried hard to make him the scapegoat for 67 million americans it was well, obvious to blame lays with the president himself. here to respond is the author of "pension city". good to see you again. >> good to see you, sean. >> you say good evening this, is the news hour. >> and that is i'm going to leave your name at the door. >> the news is doing great. it's a time took time to get it into place. i transitioned out and i'm very happy about this. >> and i felt that for you... after the debate z a lot of criticism he does. >> and how did you feel about that? >> i'm not keen on criticism. and you know, but... that was at the beginning. the criticism is pretty much gone away. people realize that spin did
. >> in order to reduce the deficit, there has to be revenue in addition to cuts. >>> there has to be revenue addition to cuts. >> and this is ruled out. >> absolutely. >> there is revenue i get is by more people working and paying higher taxes. idea of taxing people more, putting more people out of work, you'll never get there or balance the budget. and that is my next guest and the left tried hard to make him the scapegoat for 67 million americans it was well,...
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get this deficit and debt under control. make trade work for america so we can make more things in america and sell them overseas and champion small businesses. don't raise taxes on small businesses because they're our job creators. he talks about detroit. mitt romney is a car guy. they keep misquoting him. but let me tell you about the mitt romney i know. this is a guy who i was talking to a family in northborough, massachusetts, the other day. cheryl and mark nixon. their kids were hit in a car crash. four of them. two of them were paralyzed. the romneys didn't know them. they went to the same church. mitt asked if they could come over on christmas. he brought his boys, his wife and gifts. later on he said i know you're struggling, mark. don't worry about their college, i'll pay for it. when mark told me this story, because you know what, mitt romney doesn't tell these stories. the nixons told this story. he said it wasn't the help, the cash help, it's that he gave his time and he has consistently. this is a man who gave 3
get this deficit and debt under control. make trade work for america so we can make more things in america and sell them overseas and champion small businesses. don't raise taxes on small businesses because they're our job creators. he talks about detroit. mitt romney is a car guy. they keep misquoting him. but let me tell you about the mitt romney i know. this is a guy who i was talking to a family in northborough, massachusetts, the other day. cheryl and mark nixon. their kids were hit in a...
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don't raise the deficit. don't raise taxes on the middle class. and don't lower the share of income born by the high income earners. he'll keep saying this $5 trillion plan. it's been discredited by six other studies and their own deputy campaign manager acknowledged it wasn't correct. >> let's talk about this 20%. you have refused to offer specifics on how you pay for that 20% across the board tax cut. do you actually have the specifics or are you still working on it and that's why you won't tell voters? >> different than this administration, we want to have big bipartisan agreements. see, i understand -- >> do you have the specifics, do you have the -- >> that would be the first in a republican congress. >> look at what ronald reagan and tip o'neill did. they worked together to broaden the base and lower tax rates. what we're saying is, here is our frame work. lower taxes 20%. deny those loopholes and deductions to higher-income taxpayers so more income is taxed, which has a broader base of taxation. and here is why i'm saying this. what we're s
don't raise the deficit. don't raise taxes on the middle class. and don't lower the share of income born by the high income earners. he'll keep saying this $5 trillion plan. it's been discredited by six other studies and their own deputy campaign manager acknowledged it wasn't correct. >> let's talk about this 20%. you have refused to offer specifics on how you pay for that 20% across the board tax cut. do you actually have the specifics or are you still working on it and that's why you...
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don't raise the deficit. don't raise taxes on the middle class. and don't lower the share of income born by the high income earners. he'll keep saying this $5 trillion plan. it's been discredited by six other studies and their own deputy campaign manager acknowledged it wasn't correct. >> let's talk about this 20%. you have refused to offer specifics on how you pay for that 20% across the board tax cut. do you actually have the specifics or are you still working on it and that's why you won't tell voters? >> different than this administration, we want to have big bipartisan agreements. see, i understand -- >> do you have the specifics, do you have the -- >> that would be the first in a republican congress. >> look at what ronald reagan and tip o'neill did. they worked together to broaden the base and lower tax rates. what we're saying is, here is our frame work. lower tax rates 20%. we raise about $1.2 trillion through income taxes. we forego about $1.1 trillion in loopholes and deductions. so what we're sayg is s >>et to lower tax rates across th
don't raise the deficit. don't raise taxes on the middle class. and don't lower the share of income born by the high income earners. he'll keep saying this $5 trillion plan. it's been discredited by six other studies and their own deputy campaign manager acknowledged it wasn't correct. >> let's talk about this 20%. you have refused to offer specifics on how you pay for that 20% across the board tax cut. do you actually have the specifics or are you still working on it and that's why you...
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get this debt and deficit under control to prevent a debt crisis. make trade work in america so we can sell them overseas and champion small businesses. don't raise taxes on small businesses because they're our job creators. he talks about detroit. mitt romney's a car guy. they keep misquoting him, but let me tell you about the mitt romney i know. this is a guy who i was talking to a family in northboro, massachusetts, the other day. cheryl and mark nixon. their kids were hit in a car crash, four of them. two of them, rob and reid, were paralyzed. the romneys didn't know them. they went to the same church, they never met before. mitt asked if he could come over on christmas. he brought his boys, his wife and gifts. later on he said i know you're struggling, mark, don't worry about their college, i'll pay for it. when mark told me this story -- because, you know what? mitt romney doesn't tell this stories. the nixons told this story. when he told me this story, he said it wasn't the help, the cash help, it's that he gave his time, and he has consiste
get this debt and deficit under control to prevent a debt crisis. make trade work in america so we can sell them overseas and champion small businesses. don't raise taxes on small businesses because they're our job creators. he talks about detroit. mitt romney's a car guy. they keep misquoting him, but let me tell you about the mitt romney i know. this is a guy who i was talking to a family in northboro, massachusetts, the other day. cheryl and mark nixon. their kids were hit in a car crash,...
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my-- the idea that they're so concerned about these deficits. as i pointed out, he voted to put two wars on a credit card. he did. >> we're going to the closing statements. >> just a second. >> you're going to have your closing statement. >> not raising taxes is not cutting taxes. by the way our budget. >> we have not raised taxes. >> 3% a year instead of $4.5%. >> not spend-- >> let me-- i want to talk to you very briefly before we go to closing statements about your own personal character. if you are elected, what could you both give to this country as a man, as a human being, that no one else could? >> honesty. no one else could? there are plenty of fine people who could lead this country. but what you need are people who when they say they're going to do something, they go do it. what you need are when people see problems, they offer solutions to fix those problems. we're not getting that. look, we can grow this economy faster. that's what our five-point plan for a stronger middle class is about. 12 million jobs, higher take home pay, gettin
my-- the idea that they're so concerned about these deficits. as i pointed out, he voted to put two wars on a credit card. he did. >> we're going to the closing statements. >> just a second. >> you're going to have your closing statement. >> not raising taxes is not cutting taxes. by the way our budget. >> we have not raised taxes. >> 3% a year instead of $4.5%. >> not spend-- >> let me-- i want to talk to you very briefly before we go to closing...
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ryan had voted to put the iraq and afghanistan wars on the credit card helping to cause the deficit is actually right he was right about that he didn't bother say the democrats will report he tried to pose as a political conservative by same i want to leave afghanistan do it he'll save american taxpayers eight hundred billion dollars. if they had real cuts we could save on more than that is the simpson bowles commission had suggested right and of course treated as a political football by saying you know we want to make the american navy smaller than it was before world war one to witness is not what the way to peace only strength is the way to peace yet paul ryan channel seemed to be out front of military for rays hinting at so prolonged stay in afghanistan action against iran even see what do you make of that why yes. he's one of the ones who says that the only way to pieces by total world domination by total military power. and. at the same time is claiming that he's a fiscal conservative and is going to save the country from budget deficits it's a total lie. we are wasting vast amou
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is surplus into a huge deficit. in n. paying deficit down you should score the fact we are coming out of iraq and afghanistan. the other thing that the president has proposed and that he he understands is we cannot cut our way to prosperity. we need a balanced approach and growing our economy by doing things leak the senator opposed like restructuring the auto industry in order to put people back to work and make manufacturing jobs grow is one of the actions we need to take in order to do that. the fact of the matter is the president because he has the responsibility of office has been specific about what he proposes and mitt romney tells us to trust him. his plan is hiding behind door number three with carroll merrill and his undisclosed tax returns. >> chris: i'm glad you practiced the line. >> the lines are great. his budget tax increase on job creators. budget gimmicks brings us to $25 trillion in debt over ten years. this president has added more are debt than any other president -- >> not true. >> he said he w
is surplus into a huge deficit. in n. paying deficit down you should score the fact we are coming out of iraq and afghanistan. the other thing that the president has proposed and that he he understands is we cannot cut our way to prosperity. we need a balanced approach and growing our economy by doing things leak the senator opposed like restructuring the auto industry in order to put people back to work and make manufacturing jobs grow is one of the actions we need to take in order to do that....
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president, you are going to have a trillion dollar deficit. he said, i haven't done anything yet. >> we cannot keep looking our children in the eye knowing that we are going to give them a diminished future because we are spending their money today. it's a very simple idea. mitt romney and i are going to bring it to washington. we have got to spending money we don't have. we must cut spending. we must get a balanced budget. we must get this debt under control. >> this thursday night, congressman paul ryan and vice president joe biden will face off in a debate. you can watch and engauge with c-span with our life debate preview starting at 7:00 eastern. your actions, calls, e-mails, and tweets at 10:30 following our live coverage on c-span, c-span radio, and online at c-span.org. >> sunday a debate in the u.s. senate between linda mcmahon, republican, and representative chris murphy, democrat. ú >> i will not raise taxes on middle income families. >> now he says five weeks before the election, his big, bold idea, is never mind. >> it's arithme
president, you are going to have a trillion dollar deficit. he said, i haven't done anything yet. >> we cannot keep looking our children in the eye knowing that we are going to give them a diminished future because we are spending their money today. it's a very simple idea. mitt romney and i are going to bring it to washington. we have got to spending money we don't have. we must cut spending. we must get a balanced budget. we must get this debt under control. >> this thursday...
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. >> in order to reduce the deficit, there has to be revenue in addition to cuts. >> there has to be revenue in addition to cuts. governor romney has ruled out revenue. he's ruled out revenue. >> is that true? >> absolutely. the revenue i get is by more people working, getting higher pay, paying more taxes. that's how we get growth, balance the budget. the idea of taxing people more, putting more people out of work, you'll never get there. you never balance the budget by raising taxes. >> sean: that was my next guest, jim lehrer, moderating the debate last week. the left tried to make him the scapegoat for obama's pitiful performance, but for 60 million americans it was obvious the blame laid squarely with the president himself. here is former pbs news anchor jim lehrer. nice to see you. >> good to see you, sean. >> "good evening, this is "the newshour"." >> you did that really well. >> sean: how are you doing? >> "the newshour" is doing great. the team took time to get it in place. i transitioned out and i'm ve happy about the pbs news, how it's functioning. >> i felt bad for you af
. >> in order to reduce the deficit, there has to be revenue in addition to cuts. >> there has to be revenue in addition to cuts. governor romney has ruled out revenue. he's ruled out revenue. >> is that true? >> absolutely. the revenue i get is by more people working, getting higher pay, paying more taxes. that's how we get growth, balance the budget. the idea of taxing people more, putting more people out of work, you'll never get there. you never balance the budget by...
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. >> in order to reduce the deficit, there has to be revenue in addition to cuts. >> there has to be revenue in addition to cuts. governor romney has ruled out revenue. he's ruled out revenue. >> is that true? >> absolutely. the revenue i get is by more people working, getting higher pay, paying more taxes. that's how we get growth, balance the budget. the idea of taxing people more, putting more people out of work, you'll never get there. you never balance the budget by raising taxes. >> sean: that was my next guest, jim lehrer, moderating the debate last week. the left tried to make him the scapegoat for obama's pitiful performance, but for 60 million americans it was obvious the blame laid squarely with the president himself. here is former pbs news anchor jim lehrer. nice to see you. >> good to see you, sean. >> "good evening, this is "the newshour"." >> you did that really well. >> sean: how are you doing? >> "the newshour" is doing great. the team took time to get it in place. i transitioned out and i'm very happy about the pbs news, how it's functioning. >> i felt bad for you
. >> in order to reduce the deficit, there has to be revenue in addition to cuts. >> there has to be revenue in addition to cuts. governor romney has ruled out revenue. he's ruled out revenue. >> is that true? >> absolutely. the revenue i get is by more people working, getting higher pay, paying more taxes. that's how we get growth, balance the budget. the idea of taxing people more, putting more people out of work, you'll never get there. you never balance the budget by...